"Brutus: The Noble Conspirator" Topic

"British academic Tempest (Roehampton), author of a life of Cicero and a specialist in ancient oratory, has written a very good biography of Marcus Junius Brutus, the most famous of Caesar's assassins, who was supposedly rebuked by the Dictator as the knives fell, whom Marc Antony – per Shakespeare – ironically calls "The noblest Roman of them all".

Opening with a review of the literature on Brutus, both ancient and modern, Tempest observes that the unusual richness of sources – particularly in Cicero's letters – makes it possible to undertake a well rounded look at his life. So she is not only able to examine his political and military exploits, but also looks rather deeply into his personality and character, family background, including his mother's relationship with Caesar, intellectual and philosophical education, political ideas, and his known skill as an orator and author, albeit that virtually none of his work survives…"
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